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Quotes by Musician
"Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen."
50
"When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row."
50
"I am a friend of life, at 80 life tells me to behave like a woman and not like an old woman."
50
"When we came up with titles like Ready or Not, that's how we really felt."
50
"It was all recorded and mixed and there's more continuity in it more direction."
49
"Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame."
49
"This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well."
Now,
49
"Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold."
49
"There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast."
49
"It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different."
Hate,
49
"Power is a fickle mistress, easy to seduce, but even easier to lose. That's how it works. One moment she is your closest confidant, whispering the secrets of the universe into your ear; the next, she is your vilest oppressor-and once her ears close to your plights you are well and truly screwed."
49
"It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."
49
"I actually met Chick Corea in New York, where I was staying with a bass player friend."
48
"This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career."
48
"So that when I came to New York again, it was, I'm not too sure right now, but it was '74 or '75. I went to Miami in '74 and then I came to New York, I think, at the end of '74."
48
"As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people."
48
"It's just a whole different thing, and it's just that my life has been a blessing, and I thank god every day for the gifts that he has given me and for my daughter and to be able to watch her grow and be a part of her joys and her excitement and what she wants to do in life."
48
"I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me."
47
"We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money."
47
"I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly."
47
"In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously."
47
"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes ah, that is where the art resides."
Art,
47
"So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush."
46
"This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy."
46
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